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FRANK P. BEARD, Publisher. BE JUST AND FEAR NOT. VOL. XI. CAMDEN, KERSHAW COUNTY, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1883. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. NO. 5. ? ?, = ferfjW fajette. THE rEOPJLE'S 1'AFSE. . ? ' Pl'HMMIIKU AT OANOBN, ?. O, ( ... .i . ?r i (? V ? t ? FRANK P. BEARO. Publisher To l"orr*r??;?etiOr::ti?. Allccmiuunlcatltns for l'it* t^yultl tojv eompanlcd by the name of t!w Mt&fOt, net nstc ? sarlty for publlc*Hon, but W idUbvldeuoe of go: I faith on the part of the writer. Write only on one side of tlM paper. Be particularly caretuMn giving names and dates to ha?e the letters plain and dis tinct. : '? < O ? I The Gazette Job Printing Office U bbttkr prepared than any ottwr oCto* la tew*, to vxcoutc III the moat ?ttmtlT?it)ilM I VMT ll?wri|r ' tlon of Job Prlutlug. tuch m lTaaiphleta, LeaSe^ . 1)111 IImU-v letter and Note Head*. Law l*o?ter?, IKoljr-rj, Clrrulara, Hand mib?, WdMiog, VU'.UUK AI'J Address IVOa, l"uslnei?s Canls. L?*?l? - Jjf * -V Work Juno In Bronie\ Ited, Ulac ana Black. ,? ? ^ Tlic public must remember that the best Is always the ctK'JIK-t.t. Wo do work at (liarfaeton Prices, and guarantee entire satisfaction to our patrons. Wo keep constantly oc hand the largest itotl a. F?|>ernand Cards tu town. GBM8 THAT ARB RAREST. Gems that are rarest Hldo to ttM sea; Flowers that are fairest Plucked not may be; Sunshine the brightest Comes after rain; Hearts that are lightest Know bitterest pain. Truth that lies deepest Long sha.lt thou nook, And if thou keepct Volumes shall spec i. Hearen is nearest Him who strives best Death that thou fearost leads thee to rest. ? Arthur Wmtvoorih Eaton. BLOCKED IN A TUNNEL. ?? ??You here, Miaa Lowderron?" s*? Theyoung lady thus addressed looked tip in quick surprise. Before her stood a gentleman-like young man, appar ently about twenty three years of age. " It would have been more extraordi nary If you had not met me," she re plied, smiling at his eager manner. "I live here." "In Wlttleslelgh ?" he exclaimed. ??How very odd 1" "Not at all odd," she retorted. "Con sidering I am the rector's daughter, It Is not such a very curious thing that I should live here, is it?" \ * Bear me Jl. I beg your pardon. Of course not," he replied. "JJut you Bee, Miss Lowderson, I have alwaysas eodated you with Blrcham." "Are you staying here?" she asked, anxious to pass on, for the young Bailor was staqdifig { directly in the narrow path which traversed the little wood, . ? r /?No," he said; "I'm about to re in my ship, the Niobe, at Fairmouth. only came over to see an old friend; you will think me strange when I tell you she Is my old nurse. Y ?'I think it ^8 very kind of you," re plied Mlas Lowderson, ?? Don't let me detain you. Mr. Simpson. Good-bye." Bhe held but her hand. "I trust you .will have a good voyage; and, per haps? good-bye." " Must you go ?" he said. " It seems ages since we met." " I am going to Blrcham this after noon; my father and sisters are going abroad on Monday. Good-bye." He shook hands With her again, and ; looked meaningly into her dark eyes, and replied: W v "Not good-bye, Miss Lowderson, I hope.'* "Au revolr,"then," she answered, quickly. Then, bowing pleasantly, she hurried on her way,' leaving him gazing after her retreating figure. Annie was the youngest of the three daughter* of the Rev. James Lowder son, rectov of Wlttleslelgh; Theyoung ladies were much liked by all around them, and helped their father in the parish. Annie was shy and retiring And could scarcely be persuaded to go anywhere In " society." ( hange was, however, necessary for her, and so she was obliged to pay periodical visits to her undo and aunt, while the rector, with his eldest daughters and son, took a holiday on the Continent, which Annie objected to strongly, on acoount of the channel passage. They were just then about to start on one of those early summer trips, while Annie had arranged to go down to Blrcham for the time. She bad met Mr. Simpson there the previous sum mer, and had liked ,him yqry much; whil6 he, a not rich sub-lieutenant in tt\enayy,.tyvd fallen very deeply in love Trith retiring Annie Lowderson. Since then they had not mfet, and she kept her own counsel, for she did not wuh t<> encounter the quizzing aho would surely have received from her sifters. But there was little time for Anything (tab packing and a hasty meal. Annie reached the station M good time, nter neat luggage aire ' addressed upon a leathern strap L\ herse'.f , and additionally protected by the company's label. Annie kissed her sisters, Who had oome to see her off, and assured them that she was quite safe, but agreed to telegraph her arrival at Blrcham. 'Hot' SlstetS' returned home, and speculated upon the time that they Would in all probability reeeive a tele gram from Ann'e. Bo tea got Itself over someli >w, and supped time was rapidly drawing near. The reotofr was Writing In his study When the page-boy entered with a tele gram, an l pat it down as he was bid den. The reotor was So deep In his artldo tor a review that he continued WrHlng, for, as Annie had sent the promised massage, he was not uneasy. Meantime her a sters, Clara and Mary, were.Vwottderlag why the telegram had not been reoelved; Glara was oetvous and was sure something was wrong; Mary was equally alarmed, but kept EeV opinions within herself. At last they ventured to disturb thdr father in his study. H ; TT As they entered they perceived the t\?"there it Is!" exe/aimed Clara. tinned, as she opened it. She had scarcely tffnnced at it when she screamed loudly. ? What Is the matter?" drierf the " There in ?o\n c I hi n g wrong \h gasped Tr<ir Mate* anatche.1 the paper from hw yielding Ongera, and read Ml '"S ?r oomparttfienl. in dfnl? Annie l.ow derson wa'ed herself. Phe pulled up one Window, and having arranged her parcel* to her satlafactlon, Hat looking Out of th'3 window end thinking, Despite herself, her thoughts would go to than meeting in < the- little WowO She could scarcely hav# told heraelf seriously that aha loved Hobm Slmpsob, but she hud already begun to prafpia over in her mlmLAcareoly notloing.tho wat(M?de& district througli which tKe train was harrying, (or the traces of the late floods were everywhere vlsl I ? tV;w nEji' ?- i.a r- ?/t 22-?v> ? . . 'n M M railroad was not free in plaoes, and the engine and carriage wheels splashed noslly through tbe outlying water. But these things had little interest for Annie, and as her thoughts hurried her along she closed her eyes, and ere long fell fast asleep. A dull roar like thunder awoke her. 8he was in utter darkness, and the carriage was quite stationary. For a moment she could not realize where she was. She fancied that she was still dreaming, but when she rose and extended her arms the contact with the window and the stuffed arms of tho first-class carriage assured her Bho was awake. Suddenly the idea struck her that she was in a tunne', and looking out she endeavored to as certain if this was the fact. If so, she must have been left behind. She leaned out of the window, and touched the wall on one side; the other side was apparently void. No light, no glimmering of day could oe , seen. Theu she remembered that the carriage she had entered was tbe last in the tralp, for it was . to bo detached at the junction. She was in the way of any following train, and might be killed if she remained. But Annie Lowderson was not defi cient in courage. - Naturally nervous, she possessed strong common sense withal, and instead of sitting down in despair, or giving way to hysterics, she repressed a decided tendency to sob, and set about her own release. A strange < harnel-house chill Btruck her and a peculiar odorj assailed her nostrils. The dripping of water was I still audible, and at a distance a larga ' white patch of light lay upon tne ground, like tho gleam from a lantern. This Annie thought must be tho light coming through the ventilator of tho tunnel. She decided to endeavor to walk out alone. Without pausing, or giving herself time to think of the danger she was incurring, she stepped down upon the line and walked cautiously lor ward. She had not proceeded very far when the sense of chilliness and dampness became more marked. The dusty smoky air hail given place to an entiro ly dlfT? rent atmosphere. She no longer felt the dust, but an earth-like smell pervaded tho ?ir. Still no light was visible, not even the welcome gleam from the ventilated shafts which she had already noticed toward the oppo site end. However, she determined to proceed, notwithstanding the chill and j nervous terror. Tho solitude and tho i weird dripping of water, which now I and then fell splashing near her, at | times almost overcamo her, but she struggled on. The end was nearer than she sup posed. She had not advanced more than ilfty yards when her foot struck against a large pleco of stone. In stepping aside from this she plashed into a pool or rivulet of water, and once again into earth and debris. Walking becamo difficult. Large blocks seemed to have cast themselves in her way; a mound of earth and stones now confronted her ? a wall rising be tween hor and the light. Tho water was apparently increasing in volume. With a sinking heart she recognized tho truth ? the roof of the tunnel had fallen In,' and aho was a prisoner. The rector of Wittleslcigh was not long in arriving at the station. His position enabled him to obtain replies to questions which les3 known indi vidual', not being newspaper report ers, might have long sought in vain. In a few moments ho had gathered all the details of the catastrophe that the station-master could afford} and then, tnkihg advantage of his knowledge of the neighborhood, and his own respon sibility in the county, he sought and obtained permission to acoompany the " breakdown gang" which was about the scene of the aoOi I raving arrived at Marlham (the station before the tunnel was reached) 1 he immediately set things going faster. I le was well seconded by the men themselves; and the "breakdown gang," under lie Bt^tion master's Or ders, lost no tlmo in proceeding to the1 rtiouth of the tunnel, which Was blocked dp. Here; for the first time, the rector learned that the down train had cleared the tunnel, and no other had passe 1. His daughter must there fore Da safe. No accident had occurred at tho other end} the signal man*aid he had, the bell from the other end as the train passe 1 out, but no signal had reached him after that. He had heard agrtat noise, shl 'looking from till* box It soeme l aS if tho roOf of the tunnel had fallen in. Water had, poured over the line, and was now run ning rapidly in the trenches in the! cutting. Hehalat once telegraphed toMarlham and W ittlesleigh, and that's all he oould do. k ' ' V ' A young man was standing among the arfxlous group of otllolals, and for the second tlqae "heard this explana tion. TurhlngtO the tecfor," he said: "You need not be anxious, sir; the train must have got through safely. We cannot gee on. it seems. "But I am aaxtous, sir/' replied the reotor, somewhat tartly. " My daugh ter left homo at 8 o'clock, and I have here a telegram sent from DIrcham at 7, laying she had not arrived." " I beg your pardon? your daughter ? Birobam"-Mls? LowdersonV why, " WhW?" e*olMmed the reotor. "I*> you know anything of my daughter? How can you possibly know anything of her movements f Simpson? for it Wan he-*hurrledly explained tho clroumstadoOe, atidwhile he was so engaged the Superintendent rode up on horseback. "Here, Jones," he said, addressing the signal man, "had that down train the taiUlfcMs out"* >a " Yes, I'm sure of that," said the ? Marlham station master. ?? They were put on acoor d 1 n g to order ; last carriage was to be slipped at the Junction." "Then that slip coaoh is in the tun nel, for no lamps wem atta hodto the train at the jnrtctloi; I knowr' The excitement at tbl* announce* ment was intense, Robert Simpson, though, Was particularly calm for a ,n v How far do you think the train got hit Heyond the 'slip'?" ' ay; it's only a few dozen yards ? " replied the signal man. AjhRthMdon.il. The "How far Is it round? How long will it take to reach the carriage ana the passengers?" cried the reotor, im patiently. "Oh, my poor Annie!" ??It's a matter o* six mile round; over hills, shorter, but in this dark, dangerous. Better ride over." "You can't ride across tho ford; the river is over its banks by now," said the superintendent. ? "Four mile more," muttered the sig nal man. Simpson at this turned to the "gan' ger " of the navigators, and inquired, " Have you a long rope?" "Yes, sir, in the van; plenty of rope." ?' How deep is the tunnel from the top down ?" "A matter of eighteen feet, I should Bay, or mora" "Come along, then. Show me the way to the top of that arch, and I'll descend through the shaft." "But, sir," inquired the rector, hastily, " ha^e you thought of the risk V You are a noble fellow 1" "My dear s r, 1 am determined. I .am a Bailor, and accustomed to ropes, you know." Before any other remonstrance could be addressed to him Robert Simpson ?was ascending tho steep footpath to the summit of the embankment, pro ceded by tho ganger with a lant?rn, and followed by half ado/en "nav vies " carrying stout ropes. After an extremely ditlleult climb through the miry and marshy ground, the little party "reached the summit, and eoaling a paling they advanced along a plantation which crowned the summit of the hill through which the tunnel was driven. Just beyond this end guarded by tho grating, was the opening one of four < r five which ventilated the Marlham tunnel. "Now," cried Robert Simpson, "break away that grating, somo of you, and let 1110 down. Don't lose time. My sweetheart's below, mates 1" "What do you say?" cried tho rector, who had followed them unper ceived. " Thjs is an insult, sir !" "I have no time, sir, to explain my self beforethe.se men. I did not know you were present, but I lovo your daughter, and I am going to do all I can to save her. Now, men, are you ready ?" "Yes, sir," said the sturdy "navvies." "Then lower when I shout, " said ilobert Simpson, as ho climbed lightly to the Hummif. of tho shaft, and, after an ineffectual protest from the angry rector, who secretly admired his courage and determination, the young man let himself hang by his hands over the deep hole. "Lower away gently," he cried. "Good-bye, sir." After a fow moments, which seomed an hour, tho pull upon tho rope slack ened. A hollow voice on me up from the tunnel? " All right ; I've cast off I" Then all was silence. They waited five ? ten- -fifteen min utes, but not a sound camo from be low, and no one spoke except in whis pers. Annie Lowderson was almost de spairing. Too greatly overcome to make any attempt to return when she found she was a prisohor in tho tun nel, sho lay lialf-faintlng against tho rough blocks of stone and brickwork that had fallen. She felt sure that be fore long her torrible position would become known, and tin attempt at ros cno would be made; but oh, how slowly tho time, passed 1 How long she had been in the tun nel she could not imagine ? hours, per haps ; but sho would not give way. Ev,en in her terror she was enabled to pray for strength to endure, and she waa mercifully supported. Then alto thought of home, and the anxiety all there would feol, and then she got rather confused, and fanoled she saw stars before her eyes. She rubbed them, but one particular star seemed ^ fixed. It was some dis tance away. And then came a shout., Itesouo at last ! - Starting to her feet she screamed loudly, and endeavored to make her way toward the light. It approached rapidly. ' She called out again j a joy ous reply oftme to her ears ; the lamp advanced mor> quickly ; she stepped forward .to meet her rescuer, and to her surprise she was caught in a man's arms, wnlle a voice whispered in her ear? a voico which brought a blush to her cheeks: " Mv darling, how thankful I am to have found you 1" " Oh I can it be you, Mr. Simpson ?" she said. " IIow good, how brave you are 1" But after a pause she sighed deeply, and struggled to be free. Robert as sisted 'her co retrace her stops; and now a great- sense of happiness and serenity stole over her. She was safe 1 ? eaved by the man of all others she would rather have resoued her. And as she leailt trustful, and still weak, upon his arm, sho listened to his aooount of the aeoidont, his meeting With her father, and his determination to save her. She listened in silence, happy beyond measure, all fears now thrown aside, and a deep thank fulne a in her heart. No word of love had boen spoken, yet, somehow, by a subtle influence, those two lost wanderers in tho dark tunnel felt perfectly happy and assured of eaoh other's affection. It needed no Words to tell that. At last the foot of the shaft was reached. Annie had told how she was the only occupant of tho oarrlage, and there were no othor travelers in the tunnel, so no further delay was neces bidding her not fear, for tho dis tance Was trifling, Robert wound the rope firmly round her waist, and tell ing h$r to hold tightly, sho was drawn up in safety. 110 quickly followed, and found himself a hero, tho object ot muoh heartfelt congratulations and grateful thanks. . All this he put lightly aside. He had "only done hia duty;" all he re Jiulred was an assurance of Annie's ove, and that he whs sure would come. So, after a brief but tearful parting on Annieta side, he tore himself away and reached the Niobo In time, As he gained the dook a brother offi cer acoostod him. ?? No bad news,* I hope, Simpson ? Yott look rather down-hea' ted." Vt "Haven't heard a word; my uncle ha* quito forgotten poor me. Theao great lorm1 have short memories some times," ho added, somewhat bitterly. ' "Not heard! My dear boy, there'* ? telegram for you." Simpson rushed down and obtained the telegram, which whs to the effect that he was to Join the Serpentine, then guard ship at Kingston Harbor, Ireland. His leave to be extended as he had requested. Before next sunset Robert Simpson had reached Bircham, and had been invited to remain, m he hoped lie would be. He found Mhs' Annie Lowderson in the garden next morn ing, when she expressed .a doubt whethor she would ever be able to re pay him for u gooduess and bravery. Robert Simpson's reply will be guessed by all our readers. He thought that if he .were rewarded by Mlw Annie's heart and hand he would in deed be repaid and more than repaid for his action in her behalf. The young lady, after Bome becom ing hesitation, assented. When the rector of Wittleslelgh came into the study that morning lie found, like the miller of the ballad, that he had " a daughter the less," and ho made no objection to the arrange ment. Cape Cod Juries. In an article on ?? Capo Cod " In the Century the writer says: " Three or four years ago a caao was tried at Barnstublo in w htch a lawyer from a , distance was concerned. Talking over the prospect of a verdict, ho said that with a rural jury, who knew nothing of the world beyond their own dooryards, of course he could not expect a very intelligent consideration of the case. So;uo one I took pains to inquire who the jurymen were, and it turned out eleven of the twelve had beon eithir all over the world, or pretty nearly all over their own country, as masters of vessels, or in some busine s of responsibility, and that the twelfth w;t? a substantial farmer. "In view of su'.'h juries ai these it seems almost a pityJbhat tho people of Cape Cod do not show a litigious spirit and improve their opportunity. In j fact, tho courts have hardly business eno igh for exercise. .Although there is wealth there, tiio llttlo ? ounty hav ing a valuation of sixteen mill one, and although there is a boundless llo.d for d sputos in claims under the cran? ber.y-flowjigj statutes, and in fl-hing and beach privileges, there is in fact no litigation of any account. Thero uro well-to-do populous villages on the cape which probably have not fur nished a lawsuit for twenty yoars. The population of thy county is 80,000, and there aro only five practicing law yers. Perhaps a general familiarity with the world has had Its influence in imparting a c ertain goo:!-humored tact in settling controversies. " A characteristic story is told of a jury case at Barnstable. A man was tried for a violent assault. In argu- ? ment, his counsel, who was from tin in'and county, alluded to the fact that tho injnrod person had not called a doctor to wounds which he had de scribed as serious, and based the de fense very largely upon this. He saw no possible answer to his argument. But ho dd not know his ground*. Judge Marston, the district attorney, afterward attorney-general of the State, was born and bred upon Capo Cod of a family of Barnstable lawyers, and he had his ready answor. ?Gen tlemen, '.he said, 'you havo heard the plausible argument of my ingenious young legal friend, who has come from a distant city to enlighten your be nighted understandings, an l you see through his sophistry. You all know Captnin , the father of the victim of this assault ; you know what our young friend, with all his learning, has plainly never discovered, that a man is not master of a ship for thirty years without learning how to deal with wounds, and you know well that there is no doctor on Cape Cod who can heal cuts and bruises better than the captain can. Why should he have sent for a doctor?"' - . ? i, i .... Thought He'd See the Ban Ride* Old Mr. S came sauntering down to the front gate a night or two ago and interrupted a long conversation between his daughter and a very inti mate male friend. "Why, pa," Inquired the damsel, " ain't you up later' . " Just got up," sftld the old gentle man, shortly; "thought I'd oome out and see the sun rise. And then the son rose from tho rus tio bench and eadly hied him home ward. Facotlou* Road Agents. Tho rond agents who robbed the coach last Sunday, says the Helena (Mcntana) to tar, &s Is the custom, rangel the men in line, with hands up, and relieved them of their valuables. They then passed a bottle of whisky and a box of cigars, compelling each ono to take a drink and a smoke One of the unfortunates had never smoked a cigar in his life, but under the per* suaslvoand urgent invitation of tho gentlemanly robbers he lit his first j cigar. The Ruling Passion Strong In Death, 'Among tho stories of tiie Count do Chatnburd's last sickness, related by Vienna correspondents, is one to the effect that his passion for buntiug re mained so strong that he hal hisoouch wheeled out into the park, that he might there, propped up with pillows anil with bis gun steadied by an at tendant, Bhoot ft stag which was caught and led up to him for the pur pose. | " ? ? llirmlngliam, Ala, known as the Magic City, has had a growth not lea* remarkable than that of some of the famous Western towns. In 1878 It was a ragged village of 2,500 inhabi tant*. In that year it was nearly de populated by a cholera epidemlo. A census just completed gives the city in 1888 11,818 inhabitants. Theasswued value of property has increased in throe years frpth $8,000,000 to $*,800,00). The growth of the town Is due to the development cf the Iron mines in tho vicinity, 1 lie annual production of the Brit ish- American sea fisheries ore set down at about 120,000, OjO. I An Indian ohlef bears the name of | f* Looking fllaw." He is the terrof Of | (he pluln. itoAfon Trariattipi, HEBysifeM'S#'---' THE AH AIT A SOCIETY. m?t?ry u4 HaMta ?| ? la Uw?. The traveler over the Chicago, ltock Island and Pacific ra lroad, soon after passing Iowa City, will be greeted by the voice of the brakeman a? he an nounces " Homestead." Stopping, aud taking a lu nber wagon with spring ! seata, in charge of a plcasant-iac a i man of evident Teutonic extraction, a i rklo of a mile avro s Iowa river will 'and him in tlio midst of a cur'ous peoplo, with quaint and strange sur roundings. A correspondent of the New York Tribune says: The Amana so.iety is the outgrowth of a small band of people who < ame to this coun try from the north of Germany in 1?46. Their religion was one of peace. Their government dc.i anded of every male person military service. This they refused to give. They were j then imprisoned and their property i sequestrated. About forty of them came to this country and settled near Buffalo, N. Y., but soon afterward re moved to th:s spot and named it Amana, which signifies " hero we will rest" They purchased from the govern ment a whole township, six m'.les Square, through which runs Iowa river, one of the largest rlvors In the J3tate. They perfected an organization of the community, and gave it the nam&of Amana society, which is now Incorporated under the laws of the State. All that each individual pos sessed was consolidated into common property. By the terms of the com pact there is no individual ownership of anything, with slight exceptions for personal use. ? The community is gov erned by a president and executive committee, elected by vote of the com munity. This committee has general supervision of all business of the soolety ; elects the superintendents of the various departments of labor, and directs all its affairs. The president Is Simply an advisory officer and is se lected for his ago and mature judg I ment. He presides at meetings of the executive committee. I Iowa river makes a large bend near the eastern boundary of the township. From the eastern deflection of thf canal about ten feet wide was cut, live miles in length, through the village to the western point of deflection. Along the oinal are located the residence lots, each, lot abutting on the canal. The canal furnlshis water for domestic use and watering tho gardens. Each j family has a house for Its own use, surroundel with yards and a garden. The highest cultivation is there at tained of vegetables and fruits of all kinds. Grapes are extensively ^rown and wino made from thorn, each family making its own supply. Largo board ing-houses are provided in each vll | lage (for there are now six villages) for the accommodation of the un marrlel people. At thcs> boarding houses also the entire people take their meals. No cooking nor general house keeping is done at tho residences. There are appointed at regular Inter vals persons to perform the various duties of the society : To oversee the boar ling-houses ; to do the work therein, cooking, bnk'ng, laundry work, scrubbing1, carrying water, ?tc.; some feed and care for tho poultry, swine, sheep, horses, cattl '. All the various kinds of farm work are set off to different persons. Ko in tho mills, factories and shops. Just before meal hours a men will come to a boarding-house with live poultry, which is at once taken and dressed; another will bring vegetables; another meat. After each mo il tho garbage man coin?'B aroun I and all refuse Is carried away, fed to swine, or put in tin compost heap. * Each and every person has his or her allotted troik, and all moves on In per feet system. Tljer* are no drono?. There ^aro large cotton and woolen mills, a staroh factory, and fruit-canning shops. The cotton gc ods made aro the best and most durable to be found lh< the United State*, and they get higher prices than . Eastern manufac turers. Thev sell all they oan maku to retail dealers in tlds and adjoining Qtates, who have tegular customers lor them. So of the r woolen goods, the stamp of the Amana society estab lishes their quality. They are a thor oughly hones' people. Whatever they do is woll done. They are slow and , plodding. They never get in a hurry. They retain many of the habits and customs of f a'herland. . The older people, still retain the quaint dress of their anoestors. The younger portion have Americanized themselves. Thoy have goodsohools and are thor oughly educated, They print their own book i and do the pr'ntlng of la* beta, cards, and work necessary for their manufactured article*. They make nearly everything used by the society except farm Implements. They are very devout people. Their religion l? simitar to that of the Quakers They do not accent the New Testament. Marriage is a divine in stitution with therr. In each village is a meetjng-house, where religious service is held every day. Abont 11 o'clock, when the church bell rings, all work stop* artl the people go to ohnrch, the men fend women sitting apart. Service Is conduoted by a leader, hut the speaking is done by different individuals an the spirit moves them. The marrlngo ceremony is con ducted al w ays at the church, and is precisoly like that of the Quakers. As has been said, they began few in number, and poor. Additions were mrtdo by accretion. Whenever aperson desired to join tho society he had to make formal anpll ation. A thorough Investigation fo'lowod of the . ante cedents and character of the applicant. If accepted he surrendered all tie pos sessed by legal conveyance to the sooiety. Should he become dissatisfied and desire to leave he could go, but take r thing with iitm. Numerous applications are made to unite with them every year, but for several years all have been rejected, as they have as large a membership as thoy desire, the population being about 2>000. The lociety Is immensely wealthy, and has no need of mohey. At tho beginning of each year a general account of business Is taken, and a balance tho -t stru k. To every person of tho society is net oft a cer tain sum, such as will be necessary for his use during th^ year. Jn each vil lage is a general store, where supplies are kept. At these store* this portion . : ' f, ; ,<L JBfJl fHflBH ' is credited to the families and Individ* uals, and whatever they get at the store is charged at exact cost. Out siders have to pay a good profit. "When a man dies who istlieheudof a family, hia affairs are Immediately Bottled, and a new apportionment is made to the widow and placed to her crodit. If orphan children are left, a guardian is appointe \ an I he represents the pa rents. The remainder of the profits of the year's business a ter the apportion ment is made is invested in improve ments. At ea h village are immense barns and sheds where all hay and grain are stored, and where all feeding in winter is done. Oxen aro extensively used in farm work, being a linjrably suited to the p'odd'ng, easy-going ways of the people. The p oplo aro eminently soonl among themselves. They are courteous to strangers, but do not de sire their presonce except for purn business. Tho Search for a P nacen. A universal me Heine, a general pan acea, is what the impatient world seems always to Ik; yearning after, and la ever ready to believe in. The stench of tar water is scarcely out of our nostrils before tho treacle and brim stone beloved of Mrs. 8queors, or the camphor drops of Deputy Kaspail, is announced as tho long-sought-for-nos trum. The grape cure is a rather recent craze of harmless enthusiasts, and is likely to last some time, since, if not very etllcacious, it is undeniably pleasant. The si?mo negative tribute may be paid to the odor of pino forests and the manifold virtuos o( boiled celery and raw tomatoes. The latter are, indeed, beginning to assert them selves so vigorously In America that before long they will bo introduced here as the lut?st dietetic cure-all; for the world has already heard of a diplo matist who, after damaging his con stitution by English dinners and an undivided attention to tho game of euchre, is renewing his youth on the penitential diet of lovo-apples and skim-milk. Limes have been vouched for as a fruit on which man might live forever were life worth living on such a nutriment, and at dilTeront times there has been a great deal to say for dried mummies, green tea, Virginia tobacco, cacao leaves, snake's llesh, the eye of newt and too of frog, a glass of wator at night and a little whisky early in the morning, as cer tain means for prolonging exist ence until a person addicted to such physic would bo a burden to his less ambitious relatives. The mandrake, which groaned as it was dragged out of the ground attached to a dog's tail, and made all mad within heaving of its moan, was in' Shakespeare's day ac counted a singularly potent drug. It entered into all love potions, and as a sovereign remedy for bringing back recalcitrant wooors is r?ff>rrfiri to in tho book ol' Uenesis. The bryony still keeps its place for .similar purposes in tho rural herbal, Just as tho older is in repute for the cure of quinsy, the bite of adders and mad dogs, a) au amulet against erysipelas, an ointment for soro eyes, and a charm against toothache, fevfr and witches. A raw potato or a loadstone in tho pocnet will protect tho owner against rheumatism, and, as late as 1877, a "mad stone" ? a charm a< old as tho middle ages, and referred to by lbu Baithar, the Arabian physi cian ? was in use in Kentucky a< a cure f?>r hydrophobia. Tho dock is in folk-medicine a so.t of universal panacea, and th -ugh modern monarch* no longer "touch" fo tho "king's evil," Charles X., of France, olliciato i in that capacity at his coronation, and in tho year IHoS, fa ling the queen's touch, half-crown i bearing tlio eftlgy of Charles I. served this end among tho .Shetland Islanders, just as at Cairo scraps of garments that had come in contact with the camel bear ing the "grand saigneur's" annual present wero at one time preserve as infallible remedies aga'nst ovory ill. Folk-medicine and the srarch for a panacea is, indeed, a branch of fetish ism. It ar svs out of the idea that every created object must contain somo occult virtue, moro or less supor naturaL For it is among the kindlier beliefs of man that there is no evil for which there is not a remedy, and that if heaven has ordained sickness and old age, perfldy and death, it must also have providod philters against all four, and that oven a sad momory may be got quit of by means of " that en chanted stem" which made the lotus eaters forget the world bohind them. ? Lon lort Standard. A toil thorn Htock Region. There la ho doubt that a most ex cellent stock region Ilea all ncglectcd In the southern mountains of tho Jtluo lildgo and its crost ranges and valleys. There lies an immense tract of land, fifty or sixty milei broad and 200 mlloj long, from Southwest Virginia down to Alabama, and forming pa~ts of six States, with its greatest space in Western North CttroJna. As com pared with the Western plains, this Extensive district has very superior advantages.. It is almost wholly covered with timber. A luxuriant carpet of vegetation is spread under the open woods, in which ono may ride or drivo with ease in most parts of It. There is no necessity to denude the land of its timber , cxcept in part, as the woods provide ample feed for the summer an 1 part of the winter, while partial clearaneo enables orchard grass to grow for winter pasture, and a fow clearings will provide an abund ance of rye and corn. The woods furnish the best of shelter during the summer. The country Is free from files, Is abundantly supplied with the best water { the summer temperature rarely risea above eighty degrees In the open grourid, while the average Is about sixty-six degrees. The winters are very mild, and occasional snow stayw but a few davs before It melts and disappears. The low southern country furnishes the best markets for beef, mutton and butter, right atthft foot of the mountains, whilo the climate is the most agreeable and healthful to be found on the whole continent. At the same time the utilization of this roglonr for stock feeding and dairying wonld tend to preserve the forests In such a way as would delight the foresters and the r forest commissions, and keep it permanently as the greatest timber reserve on the continent,-? ffttvo York Tim**. ? v. '. THE QUEEN'S EXECUTIONER. C*re?P ?r .Mnrwowl. tk# Bn?llah Pn'illo Ilnngin <n? AIoic than One DniKre l Per tain llMBgeU by llliu. Tho late William Marwood, tho queen's executioner, was born at Oouleeby, near Horncastle, England, about sixty-three years ago, savs the New York 1 Vmld, and raided ther.? up to the time of his ^e?th. Ho was a man of tlno physique, about live feet eight inches tall, and weighed in arly 180 |M)u::ds. ilo reeeiv <1 a g od o ucat on, a ul was a Weslcyan prea her previous to assuming the position of hang t an. He wu- a man of pleas ng address, with iron-gray hair, and Ids appear. nice was very unliko the ideal hangman. Marw ol succeeded the celebrate. I Calcral't as public r\cu tioner, and since assuming the p *11 ion has hangid more than 100 persons, aim ng them four fe ..alef. Tho way in which Mar wood became hangman is interes'ing. Tw-lvo ycats ago, when Calcrait was retired, AJarwood went before tho government medical department and asked for the )osition, saving that lie ha I a system >y which ho could cans ? instantaneous death to the condemne I. and being quite an anatomical student ho con vinced the d< partment that his system was superior to Calcraft's, and he was given the plate. Ills lirst hanging was that of a man named 1 lorry, who had been convicted of wife murder. On another occasion ho .hanged four sailors who had committed murder on the high seas, lie also had charge of tho hanging of tho men condemned to d< atli for implication in tho Pluenix Park murders. Marwocd was a most peculiar man an 1 was of the opinion that any man hanged by anv other than his system was a" victim of cruelty. Ilis knowledge of anatomy led him to change the topes used by Calcrait, and he often asserted that a man hanged by him sullered no pain. When Calcraft was public execu tioner he used a ropo but three feet long, and when he had drawn the bolt it was his custom to seize tho hanging man's legs and swing on them until certain that death had ensued. " That," said Marwood on ono occasion, "led mo to increase the length of the ropo to nine feet, which 1 ngth secures a mueii bettor rosult. Til.* way 1 do it the neck is quickly dislocated, the spinal cord broken and the air pipes ciosoU. Thus the lungs cease to per form their functions, an I artificial apoplexy is produ ed so that ileal li is almost instantanco :s." In 1 "bO Marwood visited this coun try, and while in New York visited tho Tombs. There ho held a short conversation with C-hasti'io Cox and I'ietro Iia'bo, who were then under sent -nee ol death, and ho looked them over close y from a profe:-sional stand point. lie 'also Inspected the gallows in the yard and its appliances. He pronounced tliem semwniTUaiuu*, .ma explained that the system in vogue in this country causo.l a man needless pain. Some time ago Marwoo I undertook to deliver a lecture on ??The Times." It took )>laco in a liall in Sliollieltl, and the people, who expected him to say something of his professional experi ence, flocked to tho hall, which was crowded a minute after the doors wero opened. lie disappointed tiirm, how ever, by speaking of the llfbl1, which lie said ?? is tho b >ok of Kngland's greatness, " and reviewed mankind in genera), ile said: "Tho wheel of time is constantly casting people into eternity." "Yo, ' cried a wag, " and jo is your ro; o." Mar wood' 6 lecture was a failure, and his a.ulienco dis covered it before ho did and clamored Cor the leturn of their money, and with wild yells greeted tin retirement of the executioner. On ono occasion some disagreeable remarks made in parliament respect ing a bungling execution at Durham brought Alarwood down to London, lobbying members of parliament. After an interview with tlio home secretary, ho favored the house < f lords with a visit, and after leaving the strangers' gallery distributed his Autograph, written on parliamentary note papor, accompanying them with his carto do vlsito. Inspector Dun ning took the hangman and his friends In tow, and with dldlculty piloted them through the central hall, where a dense crowd of' legislators had stopped to have a look at the man who had probably sent moro of his fellow creatures to eternity than tiny other living man. The executioner seeniod ?to bo much impressed wjth the high "tono"of every ono abyut him, and distributed cringing little bows right and left. Several ineniborn shook, lilin warmly by the hand, which attention seemed to pllghtly embarrass tho grim functionary. The chief secretary for Ireland came out to seo ono who had assisted so frequently of lato In main taining law and order in Ireland. Mr. Trovolyan, with his usual sharp glance, surveyed Marwcod from head to foot with a keen, scrutinizing glance, but evidently did not relish too closo an Acquaintance. Honorable membcrA then relieved themselves by porpetra ling dismal jokes upon each other. "What," said one, "is tho vice chan cellor's hanging weight?" "Mow many f<ot 'drop,'" said another, " would you all'?w if you wero opera ting upon tho honorablo membor for Kve ?" etc., etc. Theso brilliant flashes or legislative wit rather ovorpowered Mar wood, who looked as if he woro about to bo oporated upon by himself (Jorgeona Cara. Quito gorgeous railroad oars aro run between 1'ari ? and Bucharest. They uro carpeted with Smyrna rug* two inches thick, and tho widen of the com par tmouta are covero I partly with flin< iiosaed .1 >? panose leather paper and partly with (Johelin tapestry. The dining-room cars, in which triuinphn of French cookery are servo I, nro sup plied with handaomo clocks, datnadc curtalnH and Venet ian mirrora. llreak fast con/data of flvo o?>urses and dinner of eight. Tho aloeplng-cars arc splendidly furniahed, and liavo ho$ as woll as cold water. The average speed Is forty inlles an hour. The orange Crop In California thl". ear is said to be the la' goat over nown In that State, notwithstanding the fact that many , trees were dam agf d by froats. Tho lime crop, on the contrary, In much smaller than MMtah ?? ' ? ? 'A ' L' V- -', ? V.v ,-' BUTTERCUPS.* Jennio was watching tho cows homo, Down by tho meadow bare alono. And l?er eyes wen) tw bluu as her bounot ? Jennio was ouly a farmer's lass. Ami sh? let down tlio bars so tho cow* oouH pass Out of tho waving, bluo-eyod grass, With buttcivujw sprinkled upon it. Jennio was watching young farniar Payn# Picking a buttercup out of tho lane ; Stephen was strong and merry, "Jennio," sh<? heard her mother call, Hut there at her side stood tho farmer tall, And her cheeks grow as rod as a cherry. ? I'm coming, mother !" t-ho turned to go, I'.ut Stephen stood at tho jvith bolow, And thero went Daisy, and Bosa and Floe Over into tho clover. llis nrtns wore strong as hor waist wu lUm " I'll koop you till every cow gets In, Or tell mo tho namo of your lover." " Jennio ! Jennio ! 'tis growing IhtA," Camo mother's voico froiy tho furmhou* gate. But Jennie was slender and could not mat# With tho tender strength of a lovor, And who could do a singlo thing With a yellow buttercup under their chlu, j I)ut nestle tho great strong arms within | And grow as ml as tho clover. | " Maybo 'tis Hen," then sho blushod again, 1 ' And may 'tis only Stephen Payne" ? j Then the dark crept over tho meadow latio, I And buttercups a sprinkle ? Not a single sound in tho dunky doll I Savo the tinkle of Daisy's silver boll, "Tinlc a link a tinklo !" K?ir mother's voico and tho bars, forgot Tho cows are into tho meadow lot Kneo deep in tho dewy clover, Jonnio and Htcvo camo slowly up, llor soft chin yellow with butterou His handsome faco flushed over. " Wheroaro you, Jennio? 'tis Into and oold." "We're comin', mother," said Btophon bold " Tho cows got into the meadow. Wo stopped to drive them slowly up," Then ho slyly lnd tho buttercup, And kissed her again in tho shadow. ? Modern Argo. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. Fast fellows ? Convicts. fcjho mndo her boiiu n lemon plo, Ho ato it thiM'o and then, And when he'd otthat lemon (>ie Hu never funded again. Merchant-Traveler. Tlio Hritish government has granted a pension of ?i!50 a year to Matthew Arnold, tho poet, but it is feared li< will not lako tho hint. ? Oil City BUz card. In the far West a man advertises foi a woman "to wash, iron and milk on? or two cows." What does ho want hii cows washed and ironed ior"i?Oil Ctti Derrick. "Piute Indians eat worms," son tentiously remarks tho Philadelphia Press. W? II, that's all right. By-and OytJ Hid itprnm rrill utb vliu Flui* X* dian?, anil thus tilings will bo even again. ? .1 rjnnaut. " What* re you doing with that cigar, you little rascal?" oxclaimed a father, addressing his son. " Ma said if I hit tlio cat ayain she'd make me smoke, an' I hit her again an' am smoklnV? Arkamaw True ler. & Why don't some live Yankoe? \\e ilonifro iro how cranky ? Copper-lino the i eoplo of this nation ? Then l hey can devour Pi- ? clica by tho honr( And not bust their intormd corporation. ? IJansvitle Advertiser. I>ea< on (Jilpin was out at a social gathering tho other evening where h? was so unfortunate as to become seated behind a party of vivacious young la dies. Conversation turned upon ath letic subjects, when one pert young miss inquired: ?? I'oacon, what Is youi favorite oxer iso?" "Oh, I have no preference; but just at present I should prefer dumb bo:ioV' was his rathei curt reply. ? Marathon Independent. AN IDTfc. . Wl|o, in 'tho fltillnow of tho nltfht, Worn Htrol ini* in tho noffc moonlight, 8:o| pit -tf at tho ?ato to Bay good-night? The LoTert Who enntiouniy appronohe.1 the gate, " And, with n boot, ni/.o number e'ght, Reminded him 'twas getting late i Her Parent' Who Inriiedly runhod down the lane^ Witlt in n^ltd nen <o of rago and pain, And vowing ne'er to oomo again ? ^^_The Dude. Tin Valo of Poison, ' b , Iloferring to tho recent volcanio dis turbance on tho Island of Krftkatoa, H may bo interesting to note the follow* ing facts : ' Sovoral ol tho Malays'an islands beai traces of volcanic origin. In Java itself thero is a crater at the eastern end of tho island which contains a lake about ono-fourth of a Uille long, stronglv impregnated with sulphuric acid. 1' rom this lako tliore Issues a stroma of water so destructive to Ufa that oven fish cannot live in the sea near its mouth. Anothor extinct vol cano, called Uuovo Upas, or the VMa of Poison, is held in horror by tha *j| natives, ft very living oreature that ' enters It drops deal, and the soil *s covered with the < arcflsses of deer, birds and oven the bones of mon killed hy tho carbonic add gas which lies at tho bottom of tho valley. Krakatoa Is <*n island in tho str.iits of Sunda. It Is about six or sovin miles long and four or llvo inilos broad. Tlio Origin of Wheat. < Wheat ranks by origin as a degen erate and degraded Illy. Tho podlgree of wheat is tra'od from tho timewhep its an estors first divergod frdm the common stock <?f tho lllifes and the water plant dns to the time when the savago man found it growlbp wild upon the untillol plains of proh'lstorio Asia and took it under his special pro tection, in hlslittlo garden plats around his wattled hut, whonee It was gradu ally altered under bis constant aelco- - tlon into tho golden gra n that now covers half tho lowland tilth of Europe and America. There Is no page in botanical history more full of genuine romance than this; and there Is no pago in which evidence Is clearer or more convincing for those who will tako tho oasy troublo to read it aright. A llig drape farm. ... , Kx-dovornor 8t an ford, of California, recently bought 12,000 acres adjoining bis big vineyard at Vina, in that State. hii gives him ono great ranch of Over 2r>,000 acres, 'about a qqarter 0f which " ' ts planted with vines. The governor Intends to plant it ali'with grapes,